About the Authors

Dmitri Svistounov

Contributed equally to this work with: Dmitri Svistounov, Alessandra Warren

Affiliation Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Alessandra Warren

Contributed equally to this work with: Dmitri Svistounov, Alessandra Warren

Affiliation Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Gregory P. McNerney

Affiliation NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Dylan M. Owen

Affiliation Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Dusan Zencak

Affiliation Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Svetlana N. Zykova

Affiliation Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Harry Crane

Affiliation Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Thomas Huser

Affiliation NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Ronald J. Quinn

Affiliation Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Bård Smedsrød

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

David G. Le Couteur

david.lecouteur@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Victoria C. Cogger

Affiliation Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and ANZAC Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney and Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLC VC BS TH RQ DS AW. Performed the experiments: DS AW GM DO DZ SZ HC. Analyzed the data: DS AW GM DO DZ SZ HC RQ TH BS DLC VC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RQ TH BS DLC VC. Wrote the paper: DLC VC DS DO GM.